What Nanowrimo Taught Me
December 6th 2008 18:13
The forums are still up-year-round, if they can keep the funding up-and I was wandering them today when I found a thread about what Nanowrimo taught writers. This is what, over the years, Nanowrimo has taught me:
'04-Nanowrimo 04 taught me that I was capable of anything, especially when it comes to proving people wrong. Fifty thousand words is no small feat for an eleven year old; and I am to this day very proud of myself in that regard. It also taught me that sitting down to write every day can be a challenge-but the feeling of winning, of completing something, is well worth it at least once a month.
'05-Nanowrimo 05 was the year I didn't make it, and this year taught me that life sometimes gets in the way, but so long as you try your hardest, you can still make it somewhere. Thirty five thousand words isn't bad for the amount of time I spent in the hospital.
'06-Nanowrimo 06 taught me that I can go up and above the expectations of myself and of everyone else; 110, 000 words and one novel that made it into the edits, rewrites, and even into the querying stage. That's a year I'm intensely proud of, almost as much as my first year.
'07-Nanowrimo 07 taught me that keeping a boyfriend around and still pounding out four times the required word count for the month is not easy! And most of what I wrote was horrible, but I'm still proud of myself because I helped pull Toronto back from being behind in the city word war (competitive to the max over here.)
'08-Nanowrimo 08 has taught me that if there's one thing I'm good at, it's writing; it's taught me that I can do so much if I really set my mind to it, and it's taught me so much about the people in the community. With one of our Municipal Liasons leaving, I've realized just how much I care about every single person in the Nanowrimo community; I've come to realize how much they mean to me. And what with all the things that were said and done at the Thank God It's Over party, I've come to realize that I'm valued in the Nanowrimo community, too. This is my family. I'm going to miss it.
Nano has taught me so much over the years; it's one of those things that I really, really care about. These people are my family-we're so close knit that it's incredible. We push each other to our limits and we help each other out. For me Nanowrimo isn't just about the writing-it's about the wonderful people I'm writing with.
Please donate, if you can, and if you are capable of doing so, please sponsor me:
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Thanks for reading, everyone.
'04-Nanowrimo 04 taught me that I was capable of anything, especially when it comes to proving people wrong. Fifty thousand words is no small feat for an eleven year old; and I am to this day very proud of myself in that regard. It also taught me that sitting down to write every day can be a challenge-but the feeling of winning, of completing something, is well worth it at least once a month.
'05-Nanowrimo 05 was the year I didn't make it, and this year taught me that life sometimes gets in the way, but so long as you try your hardest, you can still make it somewhere. Thirty five thousand words isn't bad for the amount of time I spent in the hospital.
'06-Nanowrimo 06 taught me that I can go up and above the expectations of myself and of everyone else; 110, 000 words and one novel that made it into the edits, rewrites, and even into the querying stage. That's a year I'm intensely proud of, almost as much as my first year.
'07-Nanowrimo 07 taught me that keeping a boyfriend around and still pounding out four times the required word count for the month is not easy! And most of what I wrote was horrible, but I'm still proud of myself because I helped pull Toronto back from being behind in the city word war (competitive to the max over here.)
'08-Nanowrimo 08 has taught me that if there's one thing I'm good at, it's writing; it's taught me that I can do so much if I really set my mind to it, and it's taught me so much about the people in the community. With one of our Municipal Liasons leaving, I've realized just how much I care about every single person in the Nanowrimo community; I've come to realize how much they mean to me. And what with all the things that were said and done at the Thank God It's Over party, I've come to realize that I'm valued in the Nanowrimo community, too. This is my family. I'm going to miss it.
Nano has taught me so much over the years; it's one of those things that I really, really care about. These people are my family-we're so close knit that it's incredible. We push each other to our limits and we help each other out. For me Nanowrimo isn't just about the writing-it's about the wonderful people I'm writing with.
Please donate, if you can, and if you are capable of doing so, please sponsor me:
Really Long Link
Thanks for reading, everyone.
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Nanowrimo is a great thing; even the people who have a lot of trouble with it walk away with a lesson learned. You can always learn something from Nanowrimo, especially if locally you have an active offline group-the meet ups really are great and help so much.
Personally I think everyone who aspires to write should try Nanowrimo at least once-because you walk away with something at the end of it, no matter what that something is. It could be ten words on a page that start something off, it could be a half-finished novel or a fully finished one, or simply a few friends; but you can't leave Nanowrimo exactly the same as you were when you found it.
~Dianna
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Well, there's always next year, right?
I just can't believe it's over for another year. Time really flew this November... so many great times, so much fun to be had!
~Dianna